18.3% ▼ -42.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Pappinbarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Pappinbarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Lower Pappinbarra volunteer, which is well above the national and state figures. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though levels of unpaid care and defence service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of residents giving their time, a figure well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. While 24.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) are a little below the state and national levels.
13.3% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lower Pappinbarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12419/lower-pappinbarra/topic/community